Record holding and storing rack



y 1963 G. w. BOHR 3,090,491

RECORD HOLDING AND STORING RACK Filed June 6, 1961 ,hlm... miiiiliumhf "'"HmHHii 0 AZ 2/ INVENTOR GEORGE W. 501%? /A M ATTORNEYj Efihdfihl Patented May 21, 1%63 3,69%,491 RECGRD HGLDENG AND STQRING RACK George W. Tiohr, 561 Eayshore Drive, Apt. 7, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Filed .iune 6, 1961, er. No. 115,155 3 fllairns. (Cl. 211-40) This invention relates to improvements in record holding and storing racks.

It is a matter of considerable difliculty, as is well known, to conveniently store phonograph records and record holding jackets for ready access. It is therefore a purpose of this invention to provide a rather simple and unique type of rack which can with facility be attached to any wall or other supporting surface, in position to support records or record holding jackets in vertical planes in any desired number so that they may with convenience be placed thereon or removed therefrom.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the drawing, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the improved record holding and storing rack.

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view of the improved rack.

FIGURE 3 is a front elevation of the improved rack, showing it as it will appear when attached to a wall or other surface, and in dot and dash lines fragmentarily showing a record jacket supported thereby.

FIGURE 4 is an end view of the rack in mounted position.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown only a preferred embodiment of the invention, the letter A may generally designate the rack. It may be constructed of metal, plastic or any approved material capable of withstanding the strain of supporting a plurality of records and record holding jackets. It comprises a front flat vertical record retaining Wall marginally shaped in the form of a trapezoid, having a top edge 11; bottom shorter lower edge 12 and sloping end edges 13 and 14 which slope convergently downward from the edge 11 to the edge 12 and each positioned at the same acute angle with respect to the edge 11. Furthermore, the rack A has integrally or otherwise attached thereto along the margins defined by the edges 13 and 14 sloping record supporting end walls 15 and 16; the said walls 15 and 16 being fiat and as to their general planes sloping relatively divergent from the bottom edge 12 of the front wall 111. As a matter of fact the distance which the walls 15 and 16 extend above the top edge 11 is about the same distance as the portions thereof behind the front wall 10. The general planes of the walls 15 and 16 are each at 90 angles with respect to the general plane of the wall 1% The walls 15 and 1d are positioned on the same horizontal level, when the rack is in affixed or record supporting position. The walls 15 and 16 are each of uniform height through their lengths and as shown in FIG. 4 slope upwardly from front to rear.

The portions of the walls 15 and 16 which extend above the top edge 11 of the front wall 10 at their rear margins are provided with integral right angled rack attaching and record retaining flanges 2t) and 21. These flanges 2.0 and 21 are located entirely above the top edge 11 of the wall 10 and each provided with an opening 22 adapted to receive some securing elements such as a nail, screw, etc. for the purpose of attaching the rack to a supporting surface, such as a wall, cabinet, etc. The planes of the flanges 2t and 21 are at with respect to the planes of the respective end walls 13 and 14.

The improved rack A is adapted to be attached to its support in the position shown in FIGURE 3 and there the same may receive square record holding jackets, such as that shown at B in dot and dash lines in FIGURE 3. The front wall 10 is a retainer to prevent the jackets from falling forwardly and the surface to which the flanges 211 and 21 are attached acts as a rear retaining surface for the record holding jackets and that is also true of the flanges 2d and 21 which likewise retain the jackets rearwardly in position. The jackets rest at their lower oblique edges upon the inner surfaces of the sloping end retaining walls 15 and 16, as shown in FIGURE 3.

It will be appreciated from FIGURE 3 that when desiring to attach it to a support it is only necessary to hold the rack in the horizontal position shown against the support surface; the openings 22 being clearly visible for the driving of securing elements into the supporting wall or cabinet. Then the rack is in position to receive the records as shown.

Various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be made to the forms of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture a one-piece rack of sheet material for holding square record jackets comprising an elongated fiat vertical front retaining wall in the general marginal shape of a trapezoid, said wall having elongated top and bottom parallel edges and relatively divergent end edges located at the same degree of angle with respect to the bottom edge of the front wall and extending to the top edge thereof, end walls connected to the divergent end edges of the front wall in planes at right angles to the plane of the front wall, and means on the rear edges of each of said end walls for attachment of the rack to a support, the space between the bottom edges of the end walls and rearwardly of the bottom edge of the front wall being unobstructed to permit the introduction of polygonal shaped record holding jackets therein so that said jackets can be obliquely supported in stacked position with adjacent edges thereof resting against the inner sides of the divergent end walls of said rack.

2. The rack described in claim 1 in which said means on the rear edges of said end walls comprises inturned short right angled support attaching flanges disposed in planes parallel with the plane of the front wall and which project above the top edge of the front wall.

3. A rack as described in claim 2 in which said flanges are of triangular shaped outline and each provided with an opening therethrough located at a position above its top edge of the front wall.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 919,896 Lemke Apr. 27, 1909 926,468 Christoph June 29, 1909 1,204,344 Dalton Nov. 7, 1916 1,380,518 Bellig June 7, 1921 1,755,654 Kottke Apr. 22, 1930 2,354,872 Mitnick Aug. 1, 1944 

1. AS AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE A ONE-PIECE RACK OF SHEET MATERIAL FOR HOLDING SQUARE RECORD JACKETS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED FLAT VERTICAL FRONT RETAINING WALL IN THE GENERAL MARGINAL SHAPE OF A TRAPEZOID, SAID WALL HAVING ELONGATED TOP AND BOTTOM PARALLEL EDGES AND RELATIVELY DIVERGENT END EDGES LOCATED AT THE SAME DEGREE OF ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FRONT WALL AND EXTENDING TO THE TOP EDGE THEREOF, END WALLS CONNECTED TO THE DIVERGENT END EDGES OF THE FRONT WALL IN PLANES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANE OF THE FRONT WALL, AND MEANS ON THE REAR EDGES OF EACH OF SAID END WALLS FOR ATTACHMENT OF THE RACK TO A SUPPORT, THE SPACE BETWEEN THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE END WALLS AND REARWARDLY OF THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE FRONT WALL BEING UNOBSTRUCTED TO PERMIT THE INTRODUCTION OF POLYGONAL SHAPED RECORD HOLDING JACKETS THEREIN SO THAT SAID JACKETS CAN BE OBLIQUELY SUPPORTED IN STACKED POSITION WITH ADJACENT EDGES THEREOF RESTING AGAINST THE INNER SIDES OF THE DIVERGENT END WALLS OF SAID RACKS. 